## Prove me wrong

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tanvirab
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### Re: Prove me wrong

Masum wrote: may we define it some other way?
Sure. that's what I have asked probably 20 times in this thread. What is the definition of $0/0$? Define it.

raihan khan
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### Re: Prove me wrong

1/0 is never infinity lim x tends to zero 1/x is infinity. zafar sir said that by numerical method.if you set a number that is very nearly o from the left side of the number line it would be a left hand limit and if you set from the right side it would be right hand limit. the expression is
lim 1/x = infinity lim 1/x = - infinity
x tends to o+ x tends to 0-

Masum
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### Re: Prove me wrong

raihan khan wrote:1/0 is never infinity lim x tends to zero 1/x is infinity. zafar sir said that by numerical method.if you set a number that is very nearly o from the left side of the number line it would be a left hand limit and if you set from the right side it would be right hand limit. the expression is
lim 1/x = infinity lim 1/x = - infinity
x tends to o+ x tends to 0-
I think the logic that was represented by Sir, is not strong enough to explain this. Sir just said that when we approach from both positive and negative end, we approach infinity but what if it is exactly $0$? The answer he said is "it is not possible to reach $\frac10$" but there is the problem. He didn't explain why so was. So I am not satisfied at all with this explanation. This does not make any sense to me.
One one thing is neutral in the universe, that is $0$.

tanvirab
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### Re: Prove me wrong

Masum wrote: "it is not possible to reach $\frac10$"
because that is not defined. You cannot talk about something that is not defined. So reaching $0$ in that limit would not make any sense.
In any case, "limit" does not mean you reach anything. Look at the definition of limit. You never have to reach anything, it just says about going close to things.

Masum
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### Re: Prove me wrong

tanvirab wrote:
Masum wrote: "it is not possible to reach $\frac10$"
because that is not defined. You cannot talk about something that is not defined. So reaching $0$ in that limit would not make any sense.
In any case, "limit" does not mean you reach anything. Look at the definition of limit. You never have to reach anything, it just says about going close to things.
My point was the same. Well, I didn't argue about the definition or $\frac10$ is defined or something like that? But you can't say just after saying that we approach from both end, and say that $\frac10$ is undefined, how can it make sense?
One one thing is neutral in the universe, that is $0$.

tanvirab
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### Re: Prove me wrong

$1/0$ is undefined because it has not been defined. That has no connection with limit.

Masum
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Oh again, the definition!! Who told them about this? I told about the explanation of Sir! Agartala is not Amtala, right? You are saying this just because you yourself can make an explanation with the help of definition. But can you convince a primary student with this explanation of Zafar Sir? Why are you mixing up things? That is complete non-sense.
One one thing is neutral in the universe, that is $0$.

tanvirab
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### Re: Prove me wrong

Masum wrote:Oh again, the definition!! Who told them about this? I told about the explanation of Sir! Agartala is not Amtala, right? You are saying this just because you yourself can make an explanation with the help of definition. But can you convince a primary student with this explanation of Zafar Sir? Why are you mixing up things? That is complete non-sense.
What are you talking about? I though the question was why we cannot reach $1/0$?

tanvirab
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Zafar Iqbal's explanation is correct to show that the limit does not exist in real numbers. Because from one-side the limit has to be positive and from the other side it has to be negative. But this explanation cannot be use to say what the limit is (i.e. infinity) or what $1/0$ is. For those you will have to go back to definitions. There are a few ways to define infinity, the most common is one-point compactification, as I mentioned. There are no ways to define $1/0$ so far.